Coal India Limited (CIL) today claimed that there was no dearth of the fossil fuel in the country, but power plants are facing short supply due to logistics issues.
"There is no shortage of coal in India. Today itself, there are 45 million tonnes of stocking in the country," CIL's newly appointed CMD Anil Kumar Jha told reporters.
Jha, however, admitted that there was logistics problem in transporting coal to different power plants across the country.
"Where there is coal, there is no rail network. So, until and unless the coal is transported to the power plant, having coal has no meaning," the CIL CMD said.
"There is no dearth of coal, but there is logistics problem. We are looking at it," Jha said.
Jha, who was the Chairman and Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and later assumed charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited, visited Lord Jagannath temple yesterday.

World's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) 'Akademik Lomonosov' has been developed by ROSATOM, the Russian State run Atomic Energy Corporation.The FNPP was designed to make it possible to supply electricity to hard-to-reach areas, regardless of transport infrastructure, landscape, and cost of fuel delivery. The reactor have the potential to work particularly well in regions with extended coastlines, power supply shortages, and limited access to electrical grids.Up to 40 percent of the cost of fossil fuel-based electricity generation is attributed to the price of coal, oil or gas, as well as to the cost of their delivery. This figure is even higher for especially remote locations. The small size, light weight, and fixed cost of the FNPP eliminate many such challenges. The small nuclear reactor can operate non-stop without the need for refueling for three to five years, thereby considerably reducing the cost of electricity generation.The nuclear floating unit is equipped with two

For the past several winters, Delhi has drawn global attention for its life-threatening smog levels. This is attributed, in part, to the open burning of biomass residues like paddy straw and stubble in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vistra Energy Corp and Dominion Energy Inc - which serve about 5.5 million electricity customers in more than a dozen U.S. states - both say they are done building combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plants.

The government has accelerated exploration and drilling of coal in the northeastern states of the country, according to a coal ministry official.
The ministry of coal is focussing on clean coal technologies for producing clean coal as it would stay on as a primary input for producing thermal power in near future, Anindya Sinha, project adviser in the Ministry of Coal, said.
"Government has accelerated to explore and drill coal in northern eastern part of the country, particularly in states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, given their prospective coal potentials," Sinha was quoted as saying in a release by PHD Chamber.
The government has also issued directives to all coal companies to set up washeries at their coal mining plants to enable them generate 'Swachh Coal' or clean coal for energy generation as well as meet requirements of steel plants, he said in the release.
"A phased manner time table has been given to national companies to produce clean coal to address the issue of ...

Captive power producers body ICPPA today said the new draft rules for them are against the spirit and provisions of Electricity Act 2003 and deepen the woes of NPA-hit power sector.
ICPPA said Electricity Act 2003 provided that Cross Subsidy Surcharge (CSS) should be abolished over the years. However, the proposed amendments are aimed at creating new avenue of earning CSS from captive users.
"ICPPA welcomes the improvements from the draft of amendments issued in 2016. At the same time, the proposed changes in rules are in contradiction to basic spirit and provisions of Electricity Act-2003 and policies, and also other laws.
"Applicability of these amendments on existing plants will make them sick while power sector is already struggling with NPAs (bad loans)," ICPPA Secretary Rajiv Agrawal told PTI.
The purpose of Group Captive Power Plants was to enable smaller industries without much financial power to get benefit of captive power, just like big industries, but the proposed ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 25 will lay foundation stones for developmental projects worth Rs 27,000 crore from Sindri in Dhanbad, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said.
The prime minister will lay foundation stones for several projects on the completion of four years of the central government. Foundation stones for projects worth Rs 27,000 crore will be laid, Das said at a press conference here.
Recalling Modi's speech in 2014 when he lamented that despite the abundance of coal in Jharkhand, there was "darkness" in the state, Das said it is set to change now as the PM will lay the foundation stone for a power plant at Patratu in Ramgarh district.
NTPC will be setting up the 3x800 MW thermal plant in the first phase and 2x800 MW in the second phase in collaboration with Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam Ltd. The project is worth Rs 18,668 crore.
Das said Rs 7,000 crore would be invested to revive the ailing Sindri Fertilizer company.
The prime minister ...

: NMDC and NLC India Limited may sign an MoU with Australia-based Environmental Clean Technologies Limited for setting up an R&D facility involving an investment of AUD 35 million (USD 26.29 million) in Tamil Nadu, on May 30 in Canberra.
According to a regulatory filing by the Aussie company, the R&D facility will focus on development of innovative technologies in iron and steel making and a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be created upon completion of the R&D phase of the project if the results are encouraging for setting up a steel manufacturing unit.
ECT will have 49 per cent, NLC (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation) 25.5 per cent and NMDC 25.5 per cent in the proposed SPV, a senior official of NMDC had earlier told PTI.
"The company (ECT) announced last Thursday (May 17) that the signing ceremony for its Indian project was scheduled for for Thursday (May 24) in Canberra. The date has subsequently been rescheduled for Wednesday (May 30)," ECT said ..

With the summer heat peaking up, electricity spot prices too have been on an ascend in the current month because of rising power demand and lesser coal supply to thermal power plants. The development has prompted the Centre to take a decision to increase coal supply to plants, atleast till the monsoon sets in.
As per data available with the Indian Energy Exchange, the spot prices has only been increasing in the month of May. A look at power prices over the past one week shows a sharp hike in per unit rates.
On May 17, the per unit rate (7AM-6PM) was Rs 4.67/kwh in north India, which increased to Rs 5.68/ kWh and Rs 6.83/kWh, respectively in the next two days. On Monday, it touched Rs 8.41/kwh per unit.
The average power price (entire 24 hours) traded for north India was Rs 4.75 per unit on May 17, which shot up to Rs 7.43/kWh on May 21. Likewise, the average spot price for rest of India was Rs 4.51 per unit which subsequently increased to Rs 5.96/kWh on Monday. In May 2017, the average power price was ...